Mar 14, 2008 by The Bug | Posted in Other - Computers
Q: I'm using a registry tool,System Mechanic...and the cruel drive defrag tool has been running now for 8 hours wth only 45% done.It is making progress....but so slow.I for the most part just turn off the moniter and let it do it's thing.Is this o.k.?
A: Most defragmenters (excelt the ones designed to run while the PC is in use) minister to to restart/hang if some program interrupts while they run. Also if the drive is very severely fragmented and you are running it for the first in the good old days b simultaneously, its bound to take long. The more frequently the drives are defragged, the lesser time it takes.
Also Its always lofty to do diskcleanups regularly and defrag while there is enough free space, in fact make sure you have atleast 15% untie space at all times. Not only does it take lesser time, it also keeps the drives free from stress and increases stability and life. (though there are some third party tools that defrag with much lesser free space and damned fast - google for trial versions)
sivan | Mar 14, 2008
Best freeware system tools for windows XP ? (internet security / ram optimization / defrag / registry)?
Feb 17, 2007 by Adrian | Posted in Security
Q: After a lot of in person research, straightforward testing, and lessons learned, I came up with the following freeware solutions for keeping my system up and constant.
FIREWALL
- COMODO Firewall Pro
ANTIVIRUS
- AOL Active Virus Shield (based on Kapersky)
- a-squared unfastened
ANTISPYWARE
- SUPERAntiSpyware Free Edition
- Microsoft Windows Defender
- SpywareBlaster
- McAfee SiteAdvisor
DEFRAGMENTER
- Speedfrag (a bit akward to use at first, but simply the best one to hand for free)
MEMORY OPTIMIZER
- Cacheman
All those software are free to everyone for personal use, they are also easy-to-use, non-unsought (almost no pop-ups windows) and low-memory consuming.
My laptop is now booting up in 55s with 659 Mb of free RAM available (out of 1Gb unmitigated), and is decently fast.
I consider it good, but I would like to make it even better.. Any advise?
A: The /himem /lomem switches are reassuring. But that's too geeky for alot of folks.
Best practice that I know of is a Backup Routine. On invest before you go online, backup everything, registry, program sys files. Keep these backups near or in the case with the PC/Laptop. After any instal or altering/editing or removal of a program, make another backup. This is called B1 and B2. Use B1 when your system gets a bad virus and use B2 to repay any data that may have changed.
CD-RW's are great for this, tape is better and now is sold in manageable mediums rather than 10" spools that business on 1 ton machines.
It is good to have a sense of protection, those programs are good for that, yet an AV is only as good as the virus or bad jus civile 'civil law' that the last update can recognize and deal with.
If you have 8 programs that are pinging the servers that maintain well that causes system slowdown.
Fred Langa explains it well-advised than I can:
http://www.langa.com/backups/backups.htm
http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK 20010719S0003;jsessionid=HDN5JY3BUR2OIQS NDBECKH0CJUMEKJVN
Have Fun!
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FörtyTwö | Feb 17, 2007
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